St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-30
Teller Cham berlain Not Sure
That Tim Barrett At
tackled Him.
Louis Reil DisclaimS the Title
of Cyclone Detective OF
the Northwest.

ing Peter Barrett was put on the stand
and continued his story.
Il remember Henry telling father in
the presence of Timothy and myself,
that mother by taking the saloon away
from him had taken 1000 out of his
pocket, and that he would kill her if he
had to 90 10 Omaha to do it. At an
other time, when he was moving his
things away from $3.50 Fort avenue, he
and | were laying on the grass waiting
for the wagon to come back, when he
said mother seemed to think more of me
than of him, but that l would never get
her property. Henry did rot live
in Omaha, he lived with father.
don't remember being with Henry eX-
cept since l came to Minneapolis.
On crOss-eXaminatiOn by Mr.. Davis,
he said:
Il came up with Kinney, Hoy and
another man. They had some liquor
which they tried to get me to drink.
They had handouts on my hands and
shackles on my feet. They did not Put
me in cell, but in a room. There
were the three men, who came from
Omaha with me, Jameson and several
policemen. They were all drinking
more or less. L saw Jameson
h.
| think Detective Kinney was the
drunkest. / did not see any mob. They
all told me about the mob. They told
me separately; they did not talk to-
gether. That man there" pointing to
Detective Howard, sis the one that sug-
gested taking me out through the win
dow if | told them about the murder. l
was in this room until about o'clock.
The train came in about 9 O'Clock. /
think / saw Jameson last, for after |
was locked up in my cell he
came and talked through the grated door.
When Henry lived at 1880
Fort avenue, Tim and [ were up at
Henry'S place very often. We made
our Headquarters at my sisters place"
when you went up town you always
went on the Cedar avenue line did you
nOt?"
Il did, when started from Henry's
place"
Ibid you take the first car you metz"
1--WE did"
WAS car there when you got
thereof
mo, but there was one coming from
the turntable."
What did you do there?"
1--WE walked along the street until it
came up"
did you all get off the car at Lally
Bros saloOn?"
Yes"
''What happened in there?"
I'VE drank some beer and Henry
talked with two men, and then Tim and
| w ent out to buy some clothes"
Where did you go to buy your
clOthes?'
1--WE went north on Washington ave
nue.
Ibid you pass the Nicollet house,"
Il don't know where that isl
Ibid you not 90 up NicOllet avenue
and go into a StOre?"
Il don't know where NicOllet avenue
is. We went into three clothing stores,
and then went back to the first one and
bought. We then went down to Lally'S
saloon, and then down to the fire. We
passed under the ropes and went on
down the avenue and got on a
Riverside car. | did not know any
one on the car. Tim seemed to know
two men who got on the car. We left
these men at the barber shop on Mime
haha avenue and Lake street. We did
not stop at the barber shop, but went
home. We stopped in number of
saloons before we took car. We drank
beer in all of them. | don't know just
where it was that we got on the car, but
it was several blocks below the fire.
We were home when the doctor came.
| was up stairs when he came. / did
not talk with the doctor. The doctor
told Tim to keep quiet. L
thought the old man was in
bed when went to bed. When woke
up in the morning | was alone in bed.
/ don't know whether he slept in bed
with me or not. When L got up next
morning every one had gone but my
sister and the woman who cooked.
went up to Henry's place and got
breakfast. On the 25th Tim, Henry and
myself rode up town in the buggy. Tim
and | got out in front of livery stable
and man got into the buggy with
Henry'S that day. He had not come
home yet. l slept at my sisters
on the night of the 27th.
l slept at the same place on the next
night. / was at Henry's place when
Henry and Tim came in with some
water lilies, Mrs. Lennon came in soon
after. She took some of the lilies. /
never saw any bed clothes in the Sa-
loon. | think the billiard table was
taken down before the TOllefsOn muir
der. l saw three or four packages of
car checks behind the bar. When / saw
them | thought it kind of funny that
there were so many of them. | had
often seen car checks there before and
since, but not so many at one time"
"WhO was present when Henry said
he would kill her, if he had to go to
Omaha to do it?''
Henry, Tim, father and myself"
"What did he Say?''
"That mother, by taking the saloon
away from him, was beating him out of
81 200, and he said he would kill her if
he had to go to Omaha to do it,
What did you say?'
I'VE told him he ought to be ashamed
of himself"
did your father say anything to
him?"
''He did,"
"Do you remember going out hunting
four-leafed clOuer?'
1--WE were not hunting four-leafed
clover, we were laying on the grass near
the house. This was the day Henry
was moving away from $3.50 Fort ave-
nue.. and he was waiting for the wagon
to come. When we were laying there
and talking. he said: Il think mother
thinks more of you than of me, and in
tends giving you her property, but you
will never get it, y"
did you not, in the presence of a
number of officers at the police station.
state that you were in the city the night
of the TollefSOn murder, and that you
knew where you were that night?''
Yes
''Did you not at the same time and
place state that you did not know that
the murder had been committed until
next day?'
Eyes"
''Did not you say that the three of you
went to the Boston fire and when you
started home you started on fOOt?'
II said something like that
Ibid you not say when you got home